Probation officer let felon handle his service revolver, deputies said

A Lakeland probation officer is accused of having a personal relationship with a woman whose probation he supervised, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Now Jorge Martir, 38, a Lakeland probation officer, is accused of having a personal relationship with one of his probationers, according to a report from the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Jorge Martir, 38, and the woman exchanged more than 700 text messages and Matir even sent a nude pic of himself to her from his personal email account, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Martir told authorities that he once conducted a curfew check on the woman in her Lakeland motel room, where she was upset and crying. He said he talked to her and then later returned to the motel room after midnight, bringing along his duty firearm, a Smith and Wesson 9mm, according to the report.

This probation officer allegedly confessed to taking his pistol out of his holster, unloading it and handing it to the woman, a convicted felon, who is prohibited from handling or possessing any firearm. Martir knew felons are legally prohibited from contact with guns, deputies said.